On April 26th, the Hamon Arts Library presented a screening of the 2015 documentary, Eva Hesse (Zeitgeist Films, dir. Marcie Begleiter) in conjunction with the Hawn Gallery’s current exhibition, Piecing It Together. This incredible film about the life and work of pioneering post-minimalist and conceptual artist Eva Hesse seemed a logical and evocative accompaniment to…Continue Reading Hawn Gallery’s Piecing It Together and Eva Hesse
The Southern Methodist University Arden Club was the student dramatic group on campus from 1916 to 1969. The collection documents the activities of the club from its first production in 1916 and throughout its fifty-three year history. It includes artwork, clippings, correspondence, documents, ephemera, manuscripts, posters, programs, props, publicity, published works, scripts, scrapbooks, photographs and…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Southern Methodist University Arden Club collection
DeForrest H. Judd, a native of Hartsgrove, Ohio, lived most of his life in Dallas working as an artist and teaching at Southern Methodist University. Judd’s keen observation of everyday life and nature influenced him to paint, draw, and print his interpretations onto canvas, paper, and copper enamels. As a professional artist and teacher, Judd…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: DeForrest Judd Art Work and Papers
Anna Landreneau, SMU Amnesty International (AI) Vice President and Cox School of Business student, and two of the participating artists, Hannah Aaron and Thania McElroy for Art for Human Rights 2017 agreed to an interview for the Hamon blog about this event, which takes place in Meadows Doolin Gallery, on Saturday, April 22nd….Continue Reading Art for Human Rights 2017: interviews with participants
The Bywaters Special Collection in the Hamon Arts Library has a new online exhibition, DeForrest Judd – Sketches of Texas Regions – Big Bend, Caddo Lake, Gulf Coast. Judd is a Texas Regionalist, and this collection contains nine sketchbooks from the artist’s trips to Colorado, the Gulf Coast, Caddo Lake, New Mexico, the Big Bend,…Continue Reading New online exhibition from Hamon’s Bywaters Special Collection: DeForrest Judd Sketches
The Hamon Arts Library presents Eva Hesse Documentary Film Screening Wednesday, April 26th at 4 p.m. Greer Garson Screening Room, Owen Arts Center The widely acclaimed 2015 documentary, Eva Hesse explores the life and career of brilliant and influential German-born American artist, Eva Hesse. Hesse was a pioneer of the post-minimalist movement and was one…Continue Reading Eva Hesse Film Screening
Octaviano Rangel: Was he a beast if the music could move him so? On view on the third floor of Hamon This exhibition of recent work by Dallas and Monterrey-based artist, Octaviano Rangel is inspired by Franz Kakfa’s Metamorphosis. On view throughout the third floor of Hamon are a series of cut paper, graphite, and ink…Continue Reading Two New Exhibitions at Hamon
Esther Webb Houseman (1910 – 1992) lived most of her life in Dallas working in the fields of crafts and design. In 1933, with Velma Davis [Dozier], she established the Dallas School of Creative Arts; together they were referred to as “The Lady Blacksmiths.” Their school served as a working and teaching studio and offered…Continue Reading Collection Spotlight: Esther Webb Houseman art work and papers
Piecing It Together Danielle Kimzey, Mary Laube & Christopher Reno On view until May 28th, 2017 in the Hawn Gallery Piecing It Together presents a selection of abstract paintings and drawings by Danielle Kimzey, Mary Laube, and Christopher Reno. These three artists explore the private world of the ‘home’ and seek to demystify, through their…Continue Reading On View: Piecing It Together
This post from the WFAA Newsfilm Collection is a series of clips about old movie theaters in Dallas during the sixties and seventies, which were dealing with controversial political and cultural subjects in the community at this time….Continue Reading Dallas movie theaters & controversy in the 60s and 70s